United States v. Southern Pac. R.’s Empirical Analysis
46 F. 683 · 1891
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
3
cited 3 times by the Supreme Court
October 1897
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Young v. Parker's Administrator · Electric Imp. Co. v. Scannell · United States v. Southern Pac. R. · Southern Pac. R. v. Orton · Southern Pac. R. v. Poole
Most-quoted passages
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“at the time the line of said road is designated by a plat thereof, filed in the office of <the Commissioner of the General Land Office.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““That for the purpose of connecting the Texas Pacific Railroad with the city of San Francisco, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California is hereby authorized (subject to the laws of California) to construct a line of railroad from a point at or mear Tehachapa Pass, by way of Ros Angeles to the Colorado river, with the same rights, grants and privileges, and subject to the same limitations, restrictions, and conditions, as were granted to said Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California by the act of July 27, I860: provided, however, that this section shall in no way affect or impair the rights, present or prospective, of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company, or any other railroad company.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall in no way affect or impair the rights, present or prospective, of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, or any other railroad company.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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